Presented at Innovate VA 2014 in Glen Allen VA. This presentation is for all experience levels of engineers, project managers, product leads, designers, UX researchers and anyone who makes products (software, apps, websites, hardware) that others use. In this presentation you’ll get candy thrown at you and also learn: The best reasons for creating personas together How to, as a team, quickly create accurate personas that fit into a sprint And most importantly, how to use personas in collaborative design